Author: Janel

  • 10 Tips for Planning a Unique Baby Shower

    聽 If you want a unique baby shower here are a few of my ideas for doing things a bit differently!聽 1. Plan a Shower at a Restaurant – You can easily throw a shower at a local restaurant and order several appetizers for the guests. If the…

  • 5 of my Favorite Family Time Ideas!

    LEGO and Twitter Moms have teamed up with a fun promotion to share 5 family family time ideas! LEGO has a cool sweepstakes going on for a great way to have fun with your family – a trip to LEGOLAND in California! 1. Game Night! I LOVE playing…

  • Homebirth Supplies Checklist

    So I was given a list of things to have at home for the upcoming birth – much like a “Hospital Bag” check list so I thought it’d be fun to post this as it might be an interesting read for those who probably won’t ever choose to…

  • Tour My Home: Baby’s Nursery

    My husband and I made our nursery “Winnie the Pooh” themed before we ever had a kid and I think before we even knew what the gender was of our first. I wanted something that would be gender neutral so I wouldn’t have to ever change it if…

  • 36 Weeks Pregnant, Haircut, and Projects!

    I figured it was probably about time for an update! 馃檪 I am 36.5 weeks pregnant in the picture below which was taken yesterday! I’m feeling quite big and uncomfortable! I was late with my last baby and my first was induced just 2 days before his due…

  • 10 Tips for Saving Money with Back to School Shopping

    Getting supplies ready for going back to school could be expensive but Staples is trying to help by hosting a campaign with back to school tips for saving money while getting ready for back to school! Here’s my 10 tips! 1. Shop around for school supplies – Many…

  • Tour My Home: Boys SpaceBedroom

    The boys room is one of the first rooms we did (beyond the main living area) and it took us FOREVER! It was really fun though and we had a great time being creative and working on it. I did *MOST* of it as I was home to…

  • 6 Easy Ways to Predict a Baby’s Gender

    Is this baby a BOY or a GIRL? This idea came from Raising My 4 Sons when she was nearing her due date,聽here. It sounded like so much fun and so I wanted to play along and do some of the gender predictions for myself as well!!聽 There…

  • Some Family Pictures!

    So I had won a giveaway back in April as part of the Ultimate Blog Party. The prize was for a photo shoot and prints! I was so excited as the photographer didn’t live locally but said she’d be traveling through Arizona if the winner wanted to meet…

  • Revenge of the Toddler!!!

    So after church yesterday we came home and put a VERY tired–already fell asleep on the drive home–toddler down for a nap. He was very quite and finally came out of his room to which we find this lovely surprise — apparently he didn’t nap.. Yeah.. that’s all…

  • Hiking Day Trip to Sedona!

    So my husband a few Saturday’s ago got us all loaded up in the car and dragged us away from home without telling us where we were heading! Of course, knowing my husband, I was able to guess less than a minute away from home, “Are we going…

  • July Garden Update!

    I can’t believe it was a month ago I last posted about my garden! It was doing awesome until just about a week or two ago and then the heat started to get to it. Our pumpkins went from growing awesome to completely dead two days later! And…